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To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (17885)	11/6/1998 7:34:00 AM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 152472

To Harvey: Thanks for help on posting link. Re your idea of wireless on the desktop, that is an imaginative idea. Would appeal to me as a user. Also similar uses could be within a room or building among appliances a la Bluetooth. Many possibilities. Will be interesting to see scope of JV as announced Tues. Also suggest that depending on experience and innovation, if successful initially, the JV could extend its scope over time - so the Tues announcement may be just the first step. Reminded by the way that the CDMA super technology guru Viterbi (sp?) has maintained all along that for maximum efficiency for both, voice and data should move on separate tracks. Assume this an opening step in that vision - complimenting IS-95C which would be for convenience not maximum efficiency. Chaz

To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (17885)	11/6/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Harvey, This may be exactly what Harvey White is planning for Leap. Remember his mention of doing limited mobility wireless in the US (the dog that may someday wag Rajala)? How about WLL set up specifically to provide HDR? We don't need no stinking cable modem! No sherry required, the qfun has just begun. -Jim

To: Harvey Rosenkrantz who wrote (17885)	11/6/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Harvey, I don't see any reason to have wireless technology on the desktop. Most offices are wired, and most offices already have an internet connection. Data over wire will always be one or more orders of magnitude cheaper that wireless. Not to mention the bandwidth. Wireless technology is promissing 1 to 2 Mbs transfer rates in 21st century, while you can have 100 Mbs on a desktop today for peanuts. (Sorry to burst the bubble. It's probably because maurice didn't send me any sherry) Joe